Six people with disabilities who are unnecessarily institutionalized in nursing facilities, joined by the Massachusetts Senior Action Council, filed this class action lawsuit in federal “John Simmons, Mass. Senior Action Council, et al. v. Charles Baker (as Governor) et al.”
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What Inclusion for all Means: California Embraces Master Plan for Older Adults
Ethnic Media Services: What Inclusion for all Means: California Embraces Master Plan for Older Adults (September 27, 2022) People over 65 are one of the “What Inclusion for all Means: California Embraces Master Plan for Older Adults”
CT Plaintiffs Urge Biden to Rescind Trump-era Medicaid Cuts
Connecticut Mirror: CT Plaintiffs Urge Biden to Rescind Trump-era Medicaid Cuts (August 17, 2022) In response to a lawsuit filed by three disabled women in “CT Plaintiffs Urge Biden to Rescind Trump-era Medicaid Cuts”
We Need a National Booster Campaign Aimed at Older Adults and Centered in Equity
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately targeted older adults, taking the life of 1 in 100 Americans over 65. The impacts are much worse in communities “We Need a National Booster Campaign Aimed at Older Adults and Centered in Equity”
2021 Legislative Bills Related to the Master Plan for Aging
In January 2021, Governor Newsom released California’s Master Plan for Aging (MPA), which lays out a ten-year plan to prepare the state for an aging “2021 Legislative Bills Related to the Master Plan for Aging”
Guides to Open Enrollment for 2021 Medicare and Marketplace Coverage
Fall is open enrollment time for both Medicare beneficiaries and enrollees in the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2021 coverage. Medicare open enrollment “Guides to Open Enrollment for 2021 Medicare and Marketplace Coverage”
Imbalanced Commission Report Does Not Do Enough to Make Nursing Homes Responsible for Resident Safety and Quality of Life
On April 30, The Trump Administration announced the formation of a task force to develop recommendations to protect nursing home residents from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Imbalanced Commission Report Does Not Do Enough to Make Nursing Homes Responsible for Resident Safety and Quality of Life”
